Tabletop game designs by Paul Stefko.

Fragments

Fragments are short pieces for various game systems, providing material you can use directly in your games. Periodically, these will be collected in PDFs for sale on DriveThruRPG. PDFs are also available to supporters at the $5 level or higher on my Patreon.

07 November 2017 — Ettin Elder: Occasionally, an ettin will survive to a great age, and its heads will come to an uncomfortable final alliance. Their objective is to die, and they will rampage until a defense can be mounted against them. Such a creature is a terror to remote settlements, and even fortified castles have much to fear.

(450 words; System: 5e OGL; Tags: monster)

07 April 2017 — Superhero Bases in Fate: A description of super-bases as a power theme for the Fate superhero rules from Venture City.

27 January 2017 — Kechakala, Chain Devil Anti-Paladin: In the armies of the archdevil known only as the Iron General, there is an agent so feared by the lower ranks that the mention of his name can quash most insubordination. This "devil's boogeyman" is a chain devil named Kechakala, whose service to the Iron General has granted him divine power much like a mortal paladin derives from her oaths.

(773 words; System: 5e OGL; Tags: monster)

20 January 2017 — Dance of Rebirth: A short adventure for four characters of 3rd level.

(797 words; System: 5e OGL; Tags: adventure)

13 January 2017 — Scara and Nelox, Spirit Serpents: No one has returned from Lake Arethal in over three centuries. You see, Lake Arethal is guarded by a pair of immortal sentinels, serpents of the water and the moon — lovers named Scara and Nelox.

(715 words; System: 5e OGL; Tags: monster)

06 January 2017 — Arith, Elf Warlock: Arith draws her power from generations of her ancestors, and she defends the Amberwood from a demonic invasion.

(680 words; System: 5e OGL; Tags: NPC)

02 January 2017 — Swamp Dryad: Many adventurers are familiar with the common dryad found in temperate forests. But dryads dwell in other climes as well. Among the roots of warm marshes and swamps, the nature spirits take on a decidedly darker cast.